What is Aortic Valve Replacement?
Your aortic valve may need attention if there is an obstruction to forward blood flow from the heart. This Aortic Stenosis is usually due to abnormal calcium deposition in the valve leaflets and the only solution is to change the aortic valve. The heart-lung machine will be used and the diseased aortic valve will be removed through the aorta. Care is taken to remove all the calcium. An appropriately sized artificial valve (Tissue or Carbon) is prepared and inserted using non-absorbable sutures. The aorta is closed and the heart-lung machine disconnected from the patient. Similar surgery is needed for patients who have a leaky aortic valve. Occasionally, the leaky aortic valve can be repaired with sutures, obviating the need for a prosthesis.
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